Where does “ramot” come from?

ramot (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Philippine *ʀamut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀamut — fibrous roots.

ramot (Ilocano): root of a plant

Definitions

  1. root of a plant

Ancestry of “ramot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*ʀamutfibrous roots
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀamutfibrous roots
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀamut →Every word from Proto-Philippine *ʀamut →